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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:51:49 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>>> Plus, aren't you supposed to only unplug/plug a serial cable when it |
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>>> is off? I'm not sure if they are sensitive to that but pretty sure |
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>>> they were a long time ago. |
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>> Not sure about Serial, I always did even when switched on when using |
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>> external modems in the past and never did have a problem there. |
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> You were lucky, it's like forgetting to look when you cross the road. |
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> Getting away with it once doesn't mean it is safe. |
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> Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a serial cable, because I'd |
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> got away with it before. |
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That's what I was thinking. I have busted a mobo by unplugging a PS/2 |
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keyboard too. I thought serial/parallel was the same. I guess that is |
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one reason USB came along, hot plugging stuff. |
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One would think that modern stuff would have some sort of protection. |
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Odd. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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